I’M ALREADY weak as an E-Class Guide, but now I feel like I’ve become weaker.
That was Yuno’s thought after waking up.
And he remembered fainting after purifying Osaki Shohei’s corrupted Core.
"Mr. Noh, it’s strange, isn’t it?" Jericho, 17’s Guide, asked with sparkling eyes. "You extracted those Artificial Cores just fine, but you fainted after purifying the corrupted Core."
Yuno wasn’t really a friendly person, but Jericho was too important to ignore.
Plus, only the two of them were in the room at the moment.
Their Espers were there with them earlier, but Moon Noa dragged both Ki Gayoon and 17 out of the room for an emergency meeting.
They say the sick can’t join the meeting, so here we are now.
But everyone was just next door, so they could get there faster if they were ambushed.
Plus, the room had a barrier to keep them safe.
It sometimes helps that Gayoon Hyung is overprotective.
"Mr. Noh?"
"Oh, sorry. I spaced out."
Jericho chuckled while shaking his head. "You shouldn’t be spacing out when someone is talking to you."
"I know, but I can’t help it. I’m sorry for being rude, Jericho-nim."
"Oh, you don’t have to address me so formally."
Yuno belatedly realized this, but...
"You speak Korean fluently, sir."
It was amusing to see someone who looked very Caucasian speak Hangul.
But it wasn’t strange.
I’m already used to Lucca-ssi, after all.
Garam was talking about the green-eyed French Guide known as the Golden Angel.
"My first language is English, and my second is Korean," Jericho explained cheerfully. "My stepmother was Korean, so I learned the language from her."
"Ah, I see."
"I see that you really don’t care."
Yuno couldn’t deny that, so he just changed the subject. "Extracting Artificial Cores is easier than purifying a corrupted Core. After all, I don’t really use Mana when I do the former. But we need Mana when doing the latter."
Jericho looked at Yuno while blinking slowly, and then he suddenly laughed out loud. "This is why geniuses could be frustrating sometimes."
"Excuse me?"
"Mr. Noh, do you think it’s really easy to extract Artificial Cores?"
Oh.
Oh.
"I volunteered to help you because I wanted to see how you do that," Jericho said. "I’m sure that’s something I can’t do for now. But since I’m also an E-Class Guide, I figure it’s something I can do, too."
Ah, right.
"When did you awaken, sir?"
"Can’t you just call me ’hyung?’ I feel old when you address me like that."
"Alright, Hyung-nim."
Jericho seemed satisfied with that. "I awakened two years ago."
Oho?
That’s fairly recent.
Something that Korea’s Top 5 Espers skipped.

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Their argument is interesting.
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